Company may issue bonds; amount, and when payable; in coin; at Post-Office Department. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That to insure the construction of the above-mentioned vessels within the time and in the manner hereinbefore provided, and the maintenance of the said line, the said Commercial Navigation Company may issue bonds to such an amount that the entire annual interest thereon shall not exceed the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, such bonds to be made payable at the expiration of the before-named fifteen years, and the interest thereof to be made payable principal and semiannually, the principal and interest of such bonds to be made payable interest payable in coin of the United States. That for the protection of the holders of to be registered such bonds they shall be severally registered at the Post-Office Department, and certified by the chief clerk of the Department, without liability for the payment of the interest or principal of said bonds upon the part of the Post-Office Department only in manner as hereinafter provided. And the Postmaster-General shall receive all moneys for postage earned by the steamships of said company, and shall apply the same as far as needed to the payment of the semiannual interest upon the before-named bonds, and shall retain the surplus after paying such interest, and shall invest the same quarterly in the securities of the United States to form a sinking fund, to be held solely for the benefit of the bondholders, and to be applied to the payment of the principal of such bonds. And whenever, When sinking and as soon as such sinking fund shall equal in amount the entire princifund equals prinpal of said bonds, then from that time forward the interest of said bonds cipal, interest how to be paid, shall be paid out of the income of such sinking fund, and the principal and postages thereof out of the same fund at their maturity. And all postage earned how applied. after the time when said sinking fund shall be made up to the amount aforesaid, shall belong to and be paid quarterly to the said company by the Postmaster-General of the United States. Postmaster General to apply moneys earned for postages to pay the interest of the bonds, and balance for sinking fund. Foreign mail agents of the government to have free passage. Company to SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid mail steamships shall be commanded and officered only by citizens of the United States, shall mount an armament, if required, of two guns each, and shall have at least one apprentice to be instructed in engineering, seamanship, and navigation, for every two hundred tons of registered tonnage for each steamship; and the government of the United States shall have the power to take and use the aforesaid mail steamships as transports or for ships of war whenever, in the opinion of the President, the exigencies of the United States may require them, who is authorized, in such an event, to take said mail steamers and pay said company a just and equitable sum for their use, or purchase the same, as may be deemed most for the interest of the United States; said payment, whether for purchase or use, to be made to the Postmaster-General, who shall pay to said navigation company whatever balance be due them, after deducting sufficient for payment for all the before-named registered bonds, the amount of which in this event shall be paid to the holders thereof at maturity of the same. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the foreign mail agents of the government of the United States shall have free passage on the ships of the said Commercial Navigation Company whenever the PostmasterGeneral to such foreign mail agents issues passes certifying to the said company that such is their official character. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the said navigation company maintain steam- shall keep up and maintain for a period of twenty years, for the said United States mail service, at least the said number of seven first-class steamships. ships for twenty years. Privileges, &c. be transferred or assigned. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the rights and privileges of this act not to herewith granted shall be and remain to this company, and in no event shall this company transfer or assign the rights and privileges herein granted, nor shall it be lawful for any officer of the government hereafter Intent of act. to recognize any assignment or transfer, it being the intent and meaning of this act to secure an American line of of steam-vessels for the trans contract or re portation of mails and the proper conveyance of emigrant passengers between the port of New York and the European ports above named; and Congress may at any time hereafter, during the period of fifteen Congress may years, terminate or abandon any contract of the United States made with terminate the such company, and, having a due regard to the accrued rights of the said peal the act. company, alter, repeal, or amend this act, and it shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED, July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCLXI. — An Act relating to the Alexandria Canal. WHEREAS by an act of Congress, on the twenty-sixth day of May, eighteen hundred and thirty, the Alexandria Canal Company was incorporated, and authorized and empowered to construct, operate, and maintain a canal from Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, to Alexandria, in the State of Virginia, with an aqueduct across the Potomac river at Georgetown; and whereas by an act of the general assembly of the State of Virginia, passed on the sixteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, the board of public works was authorized to unite with the corporate authorities of the city of Alexandria in making disposition of the Alexandria canal, in order to repair and make said canal available; and whereas said board of public works did, in pursuance of said authority, so unite with said corporate authorities, and did by their joint vote, and a vote of the majority of the stockholders of said canal company, empower and direct the president and directors of the said canal company to lease the said canal for the period of ninety-nine years; and whereas the said president and directors, in pursuance of said authority, did, on the sixteenth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, grant, lease, and convey the said canal, its aqueduct, locks, banks, lands, gates, and property of all description to Henry H. Wells, Philip Quigley, and William W. Dungan, the grantees therein named; and whereas afterward, and by an act passed by the general assembly of the State of Virginia, on the seventeenth day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, the said lease was ratified and affirmed, and the lessees were further authorized and empowered to build, operate, and maintain a new aqueduct, and in conjunction therewith a railroad and a road bridge across said piers, and build, operate, and maintain a railroad from Georgetown to Alexandria; and whereas the said lessees have entered into possession of and repaired the said canal, and have erected a new aqueduct across the said Potomac river upon the said piers connecting the Chesapeake and Ohio canal with the said Alexandria canal: Therefore, Aqueduct across the Potomac from Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the said aqueduct across the Potomac river from Georgetown to the Virginia shore, and so connecting the said canals, is hereby declared to be a lawful structure in its Georgetown depresent position and elevation, anything in any law or laws of the United clared a lawful States, or of any State, to the contrary notwithstanding. structure; SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said lessees, their associmay be mainates, their heirs, and assigns, are hereby authorized and empowered to tained and operated, and bridge maintain and operate said aqueduct, and to erect, build, operate, and main- erected over it. tain across the Potomac river from Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, to the Virginia shore, upon and over the stone piers upon which the aqueduct now rests, in conjunction therewith, a bridge of wood, iron, or stone, with one or more ways for the passage of persons, animals, and vehicles, and also with one or more tracks or ways for the passage of engines and cars, with such other conveniences as are usual or necessary for a railroad. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said A railroad may lessees, their associates and successors, to lay out, construct, maintain, and be maintained, &c. across the bridge. Rates of tolls established; ton; muted. operate a railroad across said bridge from Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, to the Virginia shore, and there to connect with said railroad. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That as soon as the chief engineer of the army shall certify to the Secretary of War that the said bridge is so far completed as to be ready, fit, and convenient for the passage of persons, animals, and vehicles, the said lessees, their successors, and their legal representatives, may demand, have, and receive, in advance, the following tolls, to wit: For any foot passenger crossing on said bridge, two cents; for any horse, mule, or jack, any ox, or other horned cattle, five cents; for any vehicle drawn by one animal, fifteen cents; drawn by two animals, twenty-five cents; drawn by four animals, thirty-five cents, but no extra charge shall be made for the driver of such vehicle; for any to be published hog, sheep, or other live creature, one cent; which certificate shall be in newspapers in published for three weeks in two daily papers in the city of Washington city of Washingat the expense of the company: Provided, however, That it shall be lawmay be com- ful for said lessees to commute those rates to persons requiring yearly passes; which said rates, or other lower rates to be by them prescribed from time to time, the said lessees may demand in advance, or may sue for, have, and receive, of and from any person who shall pass over said bridge, or who shall send, ride, or drive any animal or vehicle over the said bridge without first paying said tolls. And any person who shall attempt to injure said bridge, or to pass over the same, or to pass his animals over it, without first paying the tolls prescribed herein, or shall attempt to force said bridge, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be subject to a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than ten dollars for each offence, to be recovered in any court having jurisdiction of misdemeanors in the District of Columbia: Provided, however, That a conviction for such misdemeanor shall not in any wise be a bar to any suit brought to recover damages for an injury to said bridge: Provided, however, That said bridge is open and free for the passage of troops and munitions of war by the United States without charge or compensation of any kind. Penalty for injuring bridge or evading or attempting to evade toll. Proviso. Bridge to be open for troops, &c. of the Unit ed States. Act to be void if bridge is not completed in five years. No one railroad to have exclu SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That in case the said bridge shall not be fully completed within five years from the passage of this act, then this act shall be null and void. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That said company shall not grant to any railroad or other corporation the exclusive right to transfer passive rights, &c. sengers or freight over said railroad bridge, but any privilege granted to one corporation shall be extended to all who may make application for such privilege on equal terms; and shall not sell, transfer, or lease their corporate rights to any company that will not check baggage or commute fares with all railroads north or south. Act may be altered, &c. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the right is hereby reserved to Congress to amend, alter, or repeal this act. APPROVED, July 27, 1868. - July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCLXII. An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Columbia In stitution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, and establishing additional Regula tions for the Government of the Institution, and for other Purposes. Appropriation Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and for the Columbia the same are hereby, appropriated, out [of] any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the benefit of the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb: institution for the instruction of the deaf and dumb. 1867, ch. 167. Vol. xiv. p. 464. For the support of the institution, in addition to the existing appropriation to meet the increased expense of maintaining pupils whose admission was authorized by an act of Congress, approved March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, three thousand dollars. For continuing the work upon buildings of the institution, in accord ance with the plans heretofore submitted to Congress, forty-eight thousand dollars. authorized; SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That in addition to the directors Three addiwhose appointment has heretofore been provided for by law, there shall be tional directors three other directors appointed in the following manner: One senator by their appointthe President of the Senate, and two representatives by the Speaker of ment and term the House; these directors to hold their offices for the term of a single Congress, and to be eligible to a reappointment. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That no part of the real or personal property now held or hereafter to be acquired by said institution shall be devoted to any other purpose than the education of the deaf and dumb, nor shall any portion of the real estate be aliened, sold, or conveyed, except under the authority of a special act of Congress. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act of February sixteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, as allows the payment of one hundred and fifty dollars per annum for the maintenance and tuition of each pupil admitted by order of the Secretary of the Interior, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. of office. Property to be devoted only to what purposes. Real estate not to be sold, &c. without, &c. Repeal of part of 1857, ch. 46, Vol. xi. p. 162. Number of SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the number of students in the collegiate department from the several States, as authorized by the act of students may be March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, shall be increased from ten to twenty-five in number. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, for the purposes hereinafter expressed, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine Government Hospital for the Insane in the District of Columbia. For the support, clothing, medical and moral treatment of the insane of the army and navy and revenue-cutter service, and of the indigent in-ane of the District of Columbia in the government hospital for the insane, including five hundred dollars for books, stationery, and incidental expenses, ninety thousand five hundred dollars. For finishing, furnishing, lighting, and heating the unfinished part of the east wing of the main hospital edifice, seven thousand dollars. Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb.- For the support of the institution, including one thousand dollars for books and illustrative apparatus, twelve thousand five hundred dollars. For the proper enclosure, improvement, and enlargement of the grounds of the institution, in accordance with plans heretofore submitted to Congress, three thousand six hundred dollars. Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum. For the support of the asylum, over and above the probable amount which will be received from independent or pay patients, fifteen thousand dollars. For the completion of the Providence Hospital in Washington City, District of Columbia, thirty thousand dollars: Provided, That all expenditures for the said Providence Hospital under appropriations of Congress shall be made under the direction and control of the Surgeon-General of the army, whose duty it shall be to report at the December session of every Congress a full and complete statement of all expenses incurred under and by virtue of appropriations made by Congress. For the National Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, ten thousand dollars. increased to twenty-five. Appropriation hospital for the for government insane in the District of Columbia. Columbia In stitution for the Deaf and Dumb. Columbia hospital for women and ly. ing-in asylum. Providence Hospital. Proviso. National Sol diers and Sailors' Orphans' Home. Transient pau For care, support, and medical treatment of sixty transient paupers, medical and surgical patients, in some proper medical institution in the pers in Washingcity of Washington, under a contract to be formed with such institution, ton, D. C. twelve thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: Pro- Proviso. vided, That said contract shall be made by the Surgeon-General of the army, who shall report to the December session of every Congress, stating with whom the said contract is made, aud the amount and nature thereof. Reports to Congress of expenditures tions. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the superintendent of the said Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb shall, at the commencement under appropria- of every December session of Congress, make a full and complete statement of all the expenditures made by virtue of any appropriations by Congress. Said statement shall include the amount paid to said superintendent, and also for teachers, to whom paid, and the rate at which paid; and all expenditures for the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum shall be under the direction of the Surgeon-General of the army, who shall also report to Congress, at every December session, a full and accurate account of all expenditures made by said asylum out of appropriations by Congress; and all accounts for all appropriations made by Congress for charitable purposes and for charitable institutions in the District of Columbia shall be audited by the first auditor of the audited by first Treasury. But nothing herein contained shall take from the Secretary of the Interior the jurisdiction he now has over the subject of charities Secretary of In- and charitable institutions in the District of Columbia. Accounts for appropriations for charitable purposes to be auditor. Jurisdiction of terior. July 27, 1868. Appropriations for temporary clerks in Indian bureau and in State Department, and for surveyor-gen eral of Utah Territory. Ante, p. 91. Arched road creek. APPROVED, July 27, 1868. CHAP. CCLXIII. ·An Act making Appropriations for certain executive Expenses of nine. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same are hereby, appropriated for the objects hereinafter expressed, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, viz.: That there be appropriated, out of any money in the treasury hot otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty thousand two hundred dollars, for the employment of temporary clerks in the Indian bureau, to be employed at the following rates: one clerk, at sixteen hundred dollars per annum; six clerks, at fourteen hundred dollars each per annum; seven clerks, at twelve hundred dollars each per aunum; and two female copyists, at nine hundred dollars each per annum; and the sum of ten thousand dollars for the employment of temporary clerks in the State Department; the said clerks so to be employed in said State Department shall receive a compensation of twelve hundred dollars each per annum; and the sum of nine thousand dollars, or so much thereof as is necessary, is also appropriated to pay the salary, office expenses, and clerk-hire of the surveyor-general of Utah Territory, in accordance with provisions of act of July sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there be appropriated, out way over Tiber of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five thousand dollars, to be expended, under the direction of the commissioner of public buildings and grounds, for the purpose of building an arched roadway over Tiber Creek, on North Capitol Street, leading to the government printing-office: Provided, [That] the city of Washington will appropriate sufficient additional amount to complete it. Proviso. Henry B. Ste. Marie. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Henry B. Ste. Marie, the sum of ten thousand dollars for services and information in the arrest of John H. Surratt, in the kingdom of Italy, charged with the crimes of conspiracy and murRepeal of joint der, and the joint resolution for the relief of Henry B. Ste. Marie, approved July twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. resolution. Priv. Res. 65. APPROVED, July 27, 1868. |